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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Wednesday 17 June 2009 20:52 : \____

> After takin' a swig o' grog, GPS belched out
>   this bit o' wisdom:
> 
>> Rick wrote:
>>
>>> An interesting blog entry, and no, I probably won't be calling it GNU
>>> Linux much, although I do agree with much that is said in the blog.
>>> 
>>> I?ll be calling it GNU/Linux for now on.
>>> <http://dthomasdigital.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/ill-be-calling-it-
>>> gnulinux-for-now-on/>
> 
> I don't mind tossing in the "GNU/" every now and then.
> 
>> Find your own truth:
>> http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/252319/-z_programming_languages_yacc
>>
>> "Given GNU's desire to replicate Unix, I think Bison was inevitable. I am
>> bemused that some GNU people are so irritated that GNU's contribution to
>> Linux is not recognized, but yet they have failed to recognize their debt to
>> those of us who worked on Unix..." -- Stephen C. Johnson
> 
> Yeah, um, that's uh why they named in "GNU's not UNIX"... erp!

"GNU" coveys some philosophy, reminding users that Linux is unique; it's not
just another OS X or Windows.

- -- 
                ~~ Best of wishes


Fachbegriffe der Informatik, Zertifiziernung: Ein Geschäftsmodell, das heisse
Luft zu Papier verdichtet und dann gegen Währung tauscht. -- Jörg Dorchain
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